Description of the Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless

INTRODUCTION

This article describes the Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless. This software update includes the following components or features that improve wireless support in Windows Vista:

Bluetooth version 2.1 support

Unified Pairing user interface

Windows Connect Now updates

Some of these features may work with existing hardware. However, you must have new hardware to take advantage of the new functionality.

This update is compatible with all versions of Windows Vista. It can be installed only on a computer that is running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

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Update information

We are currently not making this update available to end-user customers through typical distribution channels. Currently, end-user customers cannot contact Microsoft to obtain the update and cannot download the update from a Microsoft Web site. This update can be offered only by certain original equipment manufacturers (OEMs).

For OEMs that have offered this update, the update will be preinstalled on new computers that are purchased after June 2008. Additionally, OEMs that have been given access to this update may choose to provide it to their customers who previously purchased computers that run Windows Vista.

OEMs that have access to this update and that choose to make this update available to customers may use different methods to communicate the availability of this update to their customers. Frequently, if an OEM is making an update available to customers, the OEM provides a CD to the customer.

This article does not try to advise you how to determine whether a given OEM is making the update available.

Prerequisites

You must have Windows Vista SP1 installed to install this update.

Restart requirement

You must restart the computer after you apply this update.

This update may not automatically request a restart after you install it. The full benefits of this update may not take effect until the system is restarted. You do not have to restart immediately. However, we recommend that you restart the computer as soon as possible.

Update replacement information

This update does not replace a previously released update.

File information

The English version of this update has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.